memorabilia

Just a few weeks ago, we marveled at the profound effect that one auction could have on a mature marketplace when seven of the 20 highest prices in recorded history were paid within a few minutes for helmets from antiquity. The highest ever price for a military helmet TRIPLED to $3.6 million.It is ironic that we should be writing about helmets again so soon, this time to report that 17 of the 25 highest prices in history were paid during 2023 for Formula One Motorsport helmets ... at seven different auctions.The military…

There is a house in North Carolina that is filled with 1960s and 1970s toys. The last occupant was a grandma who passed away in 2002. The toys were left for her great-grandchildren to play with and belonged to the woman’s daughters when they were young. Take a small peek inside.More info: Instagram | tiktok.com | bryansansivero.comThe House ExteriorShare iconI’m a portrait photographer who has been photographing abandoned houses for over 10 years. I’m a best-selling author, and currently traveling the world working on…

Guests attending Burns Night suppers this month can get unexpected help in appreciating Scotland’s national bard – thanks to virtual reality. The Art of the Burns Supper has been created by Glasgow University researchers and takes participants on virtual trips that reveal the stories behind his poems and songs and his love of whisky – and haggis.The VR experiences have been created by scanning items from Burns collections across Scotland as well as key sites and places in his life. The result is an eclectic vision of the…

Image Source : FILE Steve Jobs A 4-dollar cheque written by Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. was recently auctioned for  $36,850 (which is around Rs 30,71,618). The cheque was written to electronics retailer Radio Shack in 1976 and the same has been auctioned at the US-based RR Auction. As per The Guardian report, the signed cheque was written on an…

It might not be something that those of us of a certain age want to admit, but the original Macintosh was announced way back in 1984 which in turn means it's getting ready for a pretty big birthday. The 40th anniversary of the Macintosh's debut is right around the corner and people are getting ready to celebrate that fact.As part of the celebrations the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, will be holding a special exhibit of a number of rare Macintosh memorabilia with some of it donated by members of…

If you ever wanted to dress, schuss or tell the time like James Bond, now might be your only chance: a selection of items including dinner suits, silk cravats, Lamborghini skis and a special edition Omega Seamaster watch are up for auction, all from the personal collection of 007 himself, Roger Moore.Moore, who died in 2017, played Bond in seven films between 1973 and 1985, beginning with Live and Let Die and ending with A View to a Kill. His family are selling 180 lots of Moore’s own memorabilia, with part of the…

A remarkable collection of Star Wars memorabilia, from action figures to key rings, a space helmet and even an original script, gathered over the years by the actor who played the bounty hunter Boba Fett, is up for auction.Though he only made brief appearances in the The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Boba Fett became a cult character and the British actor who played him, Jeremy Bulloch, diligently collected items relating to him.On 4 May – a nod to the Jedi phrase “May the force be with you” – fans will be…

The physical legacy of David Bowie is to become publicly available following the donation of the cultural pioneer’s extensive archive to the V&A.Lyrics for Blackout from the album Heroes, 1977. Photograph: The David Bowie Archive/PAThe enormous cache of more than 80,000 items – including handwritten lyrics, instruments, costumes, set designs, letters and album artwork – spanning more than six decades will be held in a special centre being created in east London.Opening in 2025, the David Bowie Centre for the Study of…

A neon Twitter bird for $35,000 (roughly Rs. 2,848,000), anyone? How about a used industrial kitchen mixer for a good price? Going once ....When Elon Musk wants to make a point, it can be pretty blunt. On the day he took over Twitter last fall, he walked in to the San Francisco company's headquarters carrying a sink. He tweeted “let that sink in.” Get it?After slashing the company's workforce, falling behind on rent and contract obligations, Twitter under the mercurial billionaire is now auctioning off memorabilia, fancy…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeEmancipation producer Joey McFarland has been condemned by critics for bringing “slave memorabilia” to the film’s premiere. During the movie’s recent red carpet on Wednesday (30 November), McFarland carried with him the “original photograph from 1863” of former slave Peter, on which director Antoine Fuqua’s newest Will Smith-led thriller is based.Taking the plastic-encased image,…